And we have some more great news! Blizzard is officially sponsoring the prize pool of Season 5 and 6. Furthermore, they are also financially supporting us to create our official webpage.

Yes, you heard that right! We can already confirm TWO more seasons of the Bombastic StarLeague! So keep practicing!

A few words about BSL

The goal of the Bombastic StarLeague is to focus on the development of players outside of South Korea. On top of the BSL main tournament, we will continue to host a series of smaller events:

BSL Faction Wars

BSL Continental Wars, February with BSL

and many more great events!

As you probably know, we are not only focusing on the very best players, but also aiming for top amateur players, we want to encourage new players to join the competition. That's why Season 5 will keep the same format, with 2 divisions: BSL ProLeague and BSL ChoboLeague.

How can I start playing?

Make your own account with the BSL5-Tag on any Gateway. For example: BSL5-Hatchet, BSL5-HaN, BSL5-ZZZero, BSL5-Dandy, etc..

Ro64 Group Stage – Eight groups with eight players each, double-elimination, best-of-one. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro16.

Ro16 Group Stage – Four groups with four players each, double-elimination, best-of-three. Top 2 of each group advance to the Ro8.

Ro8 and onwards – Single-elimination bracket, best-of-five.

Grand finals – Best-of-seven.

Map pool to be announced [5 maps from ladder, 2 new ones, 2 old ones].

All matches during the group stages are Bo3. Ro8 matches and onwards are Bo5. Grand Finals are Bo7. As a map pool, we will use 9 maps. As there are 9 maps in the map pool, 6 maps need to be eliminated for a Bo3, 4 maps for Bo5 and 2 maps for Bo7. All vetoes and map picks need to be made before the matches. The player with the higher ladder stage ranking can decide if they want to veto first or second. The order for vetoes is ABABAB ABC for Bo3, ABAB ABABC for Bo5 and AB ABABABC for Bo7.

Example of vetoes for the Bo3 match:

Player A vetoes a map

Player B vetoes a map

Player A vetoes a map

Player B vetoes a map

Player A vetoes a map

Player B vetoes a map

Player A vetoes a map

Player A picks the first map

Player B picks the second map

The remaining map will be played in the decider match

Once all vetoes and map picks are done, you can start the matches!

The BSL5 Proleague prize pool of $1,000 USD is sponsored by Blizzard and will be distributed as follows:

1st place - $400

2nd place - $250

3rd place - $150

4th place - $100

5th-8th place - $25

We also got over $1000 USD donations for BSL5 prize pool from you guys. After talking to the donators, we have decided to use the prize money for additional tournaments during the ladder stage, and many other tournaments and showmatches. For example: Top 4 ladder players showmatch, Top 16/32 players in BSL-ladder tournaments, King of the Hill matches and more!

1. The tournament is residency locked

The goal of the Bombastic StarLeague is to focus on the development of players outside of Korea. Therefore, only players that are living outside of South Korea can participate in this tournament

2. Regular match rules

Players must be online and available on Battle.net channel Op BSL (Europe) 15 minutes before their scheduled match. Secondary channel of communication is BSL Open Discord server.

15 minutes after scheduled time, if one of the players not responding, his opponent may claim a technical win for one game.

15 minutes after that he can claim a win for the whole series.

3. Playing matches before the schedule

Every match prior to the Elimination Stage can be played ahead of schedule if both players agree.

Contact your opponent and set up the date to play. We strongly suggest using BSL Open Discord for this so admins can keep track of things.

On the selected day, play your match. Apply the same rules as for a regular match - use Op BSL and Discord to communicate.

If both players were unable to play on their selected date/time or weren't able to set one up, match should be played as it was scheduled.

It is not allowed to livestream your games or announce the result if you are playing your match earlier.

Winner of the match must upload the replays.

4. Latency

Default Turn Rate setting is DTR. If both players agree, Turn Rate setting can be changed.

5. Disconnects

If one of the players gets disconnected from the game before the 2-minute mark, the game must be replayed. If one of the players had an advantage after the 2 minute mark, the decision is up to the admin.

6. Casting the game

Everyone should allow ZZZero or another official caster to join the game for broadcast.